Barack Obama

At midnight last night for the first time in 17 years, the Republicans in Congress chose to shut down the federal government.

That is on me. We fumbled the rollout on this health care plan.

If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford to delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics.

I am hereby notifying the Congress of my intent to designate Curaçao as a beneficiary country for the purposes of the CBERA and CBTPA.

Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2014.

His was a big and quintessentially American life, one of patriotism and character, learning and teaching, and a deep and abiding sense of service to his country.

Our thoughts and prayers are with John's wife Joanne, his son David, his daughters Barbara Anne, Susan, and Mary, and his grandchildren, along with our gratitude for his extraordinary life.

Michelle and I send our condolences to the Eisenhower family on the passing of John S.D. Eisenhower.

Both parties came together in the spirit of compromise to pass a budget

We've got work to do to create more good jobs, to help more Americans earn the skills and education they need to do those jobs.

Accountability for perpetrators who have committed atrocities is critical to ensuring justice for victims and to breaking the cycle of violence.

Judges Carnes and Costa have displayed exceptional dedication to public service throughout their careers.

Too much blood has been spilled and too many lives have been lost to allow South Sudan's moment of hope and opportunity to slip from its grasp.

I intend to utilize their work

I look forward to working closely with President-elect Bachelet to advance our shared interests in the years ahead.

Nothing can replace the story that Mary Todd is telling in the grocery store to somebody who may be skeptical.

Preventing mass atrocities is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility

It's a message of hope and devotion that can unite all of us this holiday season.

I do hereby proclaim December 15, 2013, as Bill of Rights Day.

If you work hard, you can make it.

We commend the parties for reaching this accord.

We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of…

He wanted it to be focused on celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela and saying goodbye.

Construction is up, foreclosures are down, and millions of families have come out from underwater on their mortgages.